When I click "backup now", then the monitor-page displays something like "11:42:29: Creating SQL backup - /www/htdocs/XXXXXX/XXXXXX/aufnkaffee/wp-content/backups/XXXXXXX-backup.sql"

In the wp-content/backups an SQL-file is created and filled. But this status stays forever. It doesn't advance.

If I click "Stop backup", then the status tuns to "00:00:00: -", which isn't insanely better :)

Regards,
Rolf

When I go to the settings panel, at the bottom it says "Select the files and directories that you wish to exclude from your backup." But there is no mechanism for selecting. The very next thing on the screen is "SAVE CHANGES or BACKUP NOW" marking the end of the page. I have tried in Firefox, Safari and Chrome - I have the same issue in all of those browsers.

I would really like to exclude a couple directories. Any suggestion how?

thank you!

Hi,
After updating to 1.0 all the Excluded Files and Directories settings were cleared and nothing happens when I try to select a check-box or when I click the 'toggle all' link.

This user at the WordPress forums has the same issue:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-backup-to-dropbox-excluded-files-directories-not-working

Just to reduce space and increase upload time.

If this could help, here the code I added to the file class-wp-backup.php :
/**

• Backs up the current WordPress database and saves it to
• @return string
  */
  public function backup_database() {
  // ...
  // Get the other option
  list( $dump_location, $compress_sql_backup, , ) = $this->get_options();
  // ...
  // Added to the end of the function
  if ($compress_sql_backup) {
  // Compressing SQL dump file
  $zipFilename = $filename.".zip";
  $zip = new ZipArchive();
  if ($zip->open($zipFilename, ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE) !== TRUE) {
  $this->log( self::BACKUP_STATUS_WARNING, "Can't create zip file: $filename\n" );
  } else {
  $this->set_current_action( 'Compressing SQL backup (zip)' );
  $zip->addFromString('backup.log', "SQL Backup Date: ".date('y-m-j')."\n");
  $zip->addFile($filename, basename($filename));
  $zip->close();
  if (unlink($filename) !== TRUE) {
  $this->log( self::BACKUP_STATUS_WARNING, "Can't delete sql backup file: " . $filename);
  }
  }
  }
  return true;
  }

I generally install WordPress in a subfolder and have a bunch of files outside of it, so it would be a useful feature to be able to set the file tree root path to something other than the WordPress root.

I got this:

Warning: scandir(/hermes/bosweb26b/b643/) [function.scandir]: failed to open dir: Permission denied in /hermes/bosweb26b/b643/ipg.contraargumentocom/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/wp-backup-to-dropbox-file-tree.php on line 31

Warning: scandir() [function.scandir]: (errno 13): Permission denied in /hermes/bosweb26b/b643/ipg.contraargumentocom/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/wp-backup-to-dropbox-file-tree.php on line 31

Warning: natcasesort() [function.natcasesort]: The argument should be an array in /hermes/bosweb26b/b643/ipg.contraargumentocom/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/wp-backup-to-dropbox-file-tree.php on line 32

After updating from 0.92 to 0.93, the "store backup in this folder" field was blank. For 0.92, I had a non-blank value there.

Hello Michael,

I installed the very last version of Backup To Dropbox : 1.0, from 6 of may. Backup started fine, the database backuped just fine too, and files started to upload to dropbox. There is some files in dropbox, one folder, and it suddenly stopped. This is the error I have :

Backup error on 2012-05-07 at 15:01:58: Exception - The backup is having trouble uploading files to Dropbox, it has failed 10 times and is aborting the backup.
Backup warning on 2012-05-07 at 15:01:58: There was an error uploading '/var/www/vhosts/_/httpdocs/ufa/buttons/Subscribe Now/light-blue.png' to Dropbox
Backup warning on 2012-05-07 at 15:01:51: There was an error uploading '/var/www/vhosts//httpdocs/ufa/buttons/Subscribe Now/grey.png' to Dropbox
Backup warning on 2012-05-07 at 15:01:45: There was an error uploading '/var/www/vhosts/**/httpdocs/ufa/buttons/Subscribe Now/teal.png' to Dropbox
Backup warning on 2012-05-07 at 15:01:38: There was an error uploading '/var/www/vhosts/_/httpdocs/ufa/buttons/Download Now/black.png' to Dropbox
Backup warning on 2012-05-07 at 15:01:31: There was an error uploading '/var/www/vhosts//httpdocs/ufa/buttons/Download Now/green.png' to Dropbox
Backup warning on 2012-05-07 at 15:01:24: There was an error uploading '/var/www/vhosts/**/httpdocs/ufa/buttons/Download Now/red.png' to Dropbox
Backup warning on 2012-05-07 at 15:01:18: There was an error uploading '/var/www/vhosts/_/httpdocs/ufa/buttons/Download Now/blue.png' to Dropbox
Backup warning on 2012-05-07 at 15:01:11: There was an error uploading '/var/www/vhosts//httpdocs/ufa/buttons/Download Now/orange.png' to Dropbox
Backup warning on 2012-05-07 at 15:01:04: There was an error uploading '/var/www/vhosts/**/httpdocs/ufa/buttons/Download Now/light-blue.png' to Dropbox
Backup warning on 2012-05-07 at 15:00:56: There was an error uploading '/var/www/vhosts/_/httpdocs/ufa/buttons/Download Now/grey.png' to Dropbox
Backup warning on 2012-05-07 at 15:00:50: There was an error uploading '/var/www/vhosts/*/httpdocs/ufa/buttons/Download Now/teal.png' to Dropbox

Backup started on 2012-05-07 at 15:00:04

(I changed the name of my website by stars *** on purpose)

Any idea of why this is happening, and by chance, of how to fix it ? Any help ?

Thanks again for your help.

"Need OpenSSL support for https:// requests"

I had my backups running perfectly until 1.0

any suggestion?

thanks

When i try to authorize with my dropbox account i get told Success! Your Dropbox account is now connected with Wordpress Backup to Dropbox! But when i go back into wordpress i get told, There was an error authorizing the plugin with your Dropbox account. Please try again.

I've done this about 5 times and i get the same thing every-time, i am using wordpress 3.3

thanks

Would be really useful (and proper backup policy) if we could hold multiple backups of the same site - using create date perhaps. Would also be very useful if the whole thing was stored in a zip file

Hi!

I'm getting the followig error messages in the config menu at the place where the file tree should be:

Warning: file_exists(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/var/customers/webs/magitek/..) is not within the allowed path(s): (/var/customers/webs/magitek/:/var/customers/tmp/magitek/:/usr/share/php/:/usr/share/php5/:/usr/share/php/PEAR/) in /var/customers/webs/magitek/blog/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/wp-backup-to-dropbox-file-tree.php on line 37 Call Stack: 0.0055 1584264 1. {main}() /var/customers/webs/magitek/blog/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php:0 0.4333 47906936 2. do_action() /var/customers/webs/magitek/blog/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php:1551 0.4333 47909128 3. call_user_func_array() /var/customers/webs/magitek/blog/wp-includes/plugin.php:405 0.4333 47909184 4. backup_to_dropbox_file_tree() /var/customers/webs/magitek/blog/wp-includes/plugin.php:405 0.4339 47955160 5. include('/var/customers/webs/magitek/blog/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/wp-backup-to-dropbox-file-tree.php') /var/customers/webs/magitek/blog/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/wp-backup-to-dropbox.php:57 0.4357 47865264 6. file_exists() /var/customers/webs/magitek/blog/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/wp-backup-to-dropbox-file-tree.php:37
Warning: file_exists(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/var/customers/webs/magitek/..) is not within the allowed path(s): (/var/customers/webs/magitek/:/var/customers/tmp/magitek/:/usr/share/php/:/usr/share/php5/:/usr/share/php/PEAR/) in /var/customers/webs/magitek/blog/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/wp-backup-to-dropbox-file-tree.php on line 56 Call Stack: 0.0055 1584264 1. {main}() /var/customers/webs/magitek/blog/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php:0 0.4333 47906936 2. do_action() /var/customers/webs/magitek/blog/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php:1551 0.4333 47909128 3. call_user_func_array() /var/customers/webs/magitek/blog/wp-includes/plugin.php:405 0.4333 47909184 4. backup_to_dropbox_file_tree() /var/customers/webs/magitek/blog/wp-includes/plugin.php:405 0.4339 47955160 5. include('/var/customers/webs/magitek/blog/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/wp-backup-to-dropbox-file-tree.php') /var/customers/webs/magitek/blog/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/wp-backup-to-dropbox.php:57 0.4362 47865808 6. file_exists() /var/customers/webs/magitek/blog/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/wp-backup-to-dropbox-file-tree.php:56

Here's a screenshot: http://bit.ly/rDlhLO

I do not have my own web server, so I can't change permissions of "/var/customers/webs/". Is there any other way to fix or patch this?

Thanks! :)

Upon upgrading to Wordpress 3.3.1 and Backup for Dropbox 0.9.2, the settings page for Backup for Dropbox presents a Fatal Error.

Complete contents of page below. I have verified with others that they too are seeing the same error message upon upgrading.

Warning: require_once() [function.require-once]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/usr/local/lib/php/PEAR/Exception.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/user/:/tmp/) in /home/user/domains/example.com/public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/PEAR_Includes/HTTP/Request2/Exception.php on line 47

Warning: require_once(/usr/local/lib/php/PEAR/Exception.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in /home/user/domains/example.com/public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/PEAR_Includes/HTTP/Request2/Exception.php on line 47

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'PEAR/Exception.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php:/home/user/domains/example.com/public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/PEAR_Includes') in /home/user/domains/example.com/public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/PEAR_Includes/HTTP/Request2/Exception.php on line 47

My backup is hanging because of a large number of rows in the wp_posts table. I think because of a out of memory. (Can't see it because my hoster doesn't share the error logs)

It hangs on:
$table_data = $this->database->get_results( "SELECT * FROM $table", ARRAY_A );

Is it possible to improve this by doing a loop with an offset and a limit ?

Hi everyone!
First of all, you've done a great job! Congratulations!

Recently, I've installed this plugin in a Wordpress 3.3.1. But, the "Excluded Files and Directories" panel doesn't appear for me.
Is there a fix for this issue?

Thank you all!!

OK, I've run a couple of backups now - manually and automatically. I've set the "Store backup in this folder within Dropbox" to a different location (because, eventually, I'm going to be using this on multiple Wordpress sites) and I'm finding that it's defaulting back to "WordPressBackup" directory.

I haven't yet figured out if it's doing this every time it runs an automatic backup or only after it's run it once 9i.e. on subsequent runs.

Watch this space

I installed this plugin yesterday and authorize DB. Everything acted like it was going to work, but in the history, I have 100's of occurrences of this message:

Backup started on 2012-04-07 at 13:51:21
Backup warning on 2012-04-07 at 13:12:46: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.

I use FatCow as my host.

Please advise.

Thanks.

Hello,

I am with the 0.9.2 Version, and I can't do a backup. I have always the same error message, and the same thing happens. No backup happens. Memory allowed in my php_ini and wp-config.php are high, and as it doesn't begin at all, I think it may be another problem...

Any help on this one ?

Thanks a lot for this amazing plugin, this is an amazing idea, and hope you the best.

The error :

History

Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 10:10:37
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 10:08:09: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 10:08:09: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 10:02:26
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 10:01:16: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 10:01:16: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 09:54:15
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 09:52:23: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 09:52:23: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 09:45:57
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 09:42:29: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 09:42:29: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 09:36:45
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 09:35:05: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 09:35:05: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 09:29:36
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 09:22:03: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 09:22:03: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 09:16:07
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 09:13:32: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 09:13:32: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 09:04:39
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 09:03:19: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 09:03:19: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 08:57:52
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 08:56:23: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 08:56:23: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 08:47:50
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 08:46:39: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 08:46:39: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 08:40:22
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 08:39:17: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 08:39:17: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 08:34:08
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 08:32:42: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 08:32:42: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 08:25:13
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 08:23:29: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 08:23:29: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 08:12:34
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 08:10:28: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 08:10:28: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 08:03:53
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 08:02:22: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 08:02:22: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 07:57:09
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 07:56:08: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 07:56:08: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 07:49:58
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 07:48:45: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 07:48:45: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 07:42:02
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 07:39:09: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 07:39:09: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 07:31:21
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 07:26:16: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 07:26:16: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 07:19:57
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 07:18:53: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 07:18:53: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 07:13:11
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 07:11:52: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 07:11:52: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 07:06:00
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 07:04:25: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 07:04:25: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 06:59:12
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 06:58:10: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 06:58:10: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 06:51:19
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 06:49:42: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 06:49:42: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 06:44:29
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 06:43:09: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 06:43:09: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 06:37:18
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 06:34:07: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 06:34:07: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 06:28:09
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 06:25:20: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 06:25:20: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 06:19:45
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 06:18:10: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 06:18:10: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 06:10:58
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 06:08:12: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 06:08:12: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 06:02:36
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 06:01:16: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 06:01:16: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 05:55:58
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 05:54:13: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 05:54:13: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 05:48:14
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 05:47:02: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 05:47:02: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 05:41:05
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 05:39:02: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup warning on 2012-01-05 at 05:39:02: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2012-01-05 at 05:33:12

I really can't find any settings page for this plugin:

http://i.imm.io/nTta.png

And yes, the plugin it's activated. And up to date (1.0).
Wordpress 3.3.2

Somehow, recently, WP-B-to-D starting backing up my website to the top level of Dropbox, rather than to a single folder. This is ugly. I recently reinstalled in the hope this would go away. What is going on? How I can I get the backup to dropbox to all be written to a single folder? Thanks. -- Rick

Sometimes when you store images backup takes lots of time to upload, zip/tar the folder to backup will be very usefull.
I´m sure that big zip/tar backup files usually gives problems but will be usefull for small blogs.

At the same time add an option to NOT upload already uploaded files will be nice. For example into uploads folder of wordpress you can have many folders "year --> month number", but upload folders of old years and/or old months will be enougth uploading first time.

Good plugin.

I'd like to get an email if a file is excluded or something goes wrong just so I don't have to check the plugin page to make sure. It would only have to be a really simple "Dropdown Backup at domain.com was completed successfully".

I just downloaded this plugin and upon activation I get the error

Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting '(' in /usr/local/4admin/apache/vhosts/adhd-design.com/httpdocs/www.nielsensven.nl/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/wp-backup-to-dropbox.php on line 94

If you need more info or server specs let me know.

First let me commend you on all your hard work!!

Excluded Files and Directories doesn't show anything.

Back doesn't seem to be backing up much of anything (only .htaccess)

Is it possible to use the time/date settings from general settings when setting up, schedules, and or history... just an idea.

Continued success!!

Cheerz!

I have changed the setting from Thurs at 0:00 numberous times. I always hit save changes but when I return to the page, it is back to the original setting. What am I doing wrong?

Also, is there a way to clear history? I saw someone else posted this question but did not see the answer.

Thanks for creating this software... I really like it.

Michael,

I'm not sure if this has been asked before, but is it possible to have the backup zip up the files before sending over to Dropbox, with a date and time appended to the filename?

The current issue I have is that my backups from a previous job are being overwritten, when it would make more sense to simply use Dropbox for a repository for the zipped up backups, with the date and time stamp enabling me to keep historical backups in case I need to go further back than the last backup job?

Thanks,
David

My files are copied to Dropbox successfully but the backup doesn't end. It keeps on backing up the SQL database file over and over again, every few minutes, until I stop the backup manually.

I get the backup warnings: 'The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.'

This plugin is exactly what I was looking for, but I've had to disable it for now, as I have limited bandwidth and CPU resources.

The display appears to be showing how much of the account is actually used, but the description says how much is remaining instead. I realized this was the case when I deleted some unused files from my Dropbox account, and the plugin admin panel's estimate of remaining space actually went down. :)
Simple enough to fix by changing the terminology in the code, but it would be more useful to show the actual remaining value, instead of how much is used.

Otherwise, functionally, this plugin works beautifully on a very plugin-heavy install. Thanks very much!

Hi
I set this up on one wordpress site in november and its worked flawlessly since. Yesterday I set it up on 8 more sites, customised the date and time and folder it saved to and clicked "backup now" on all of them.

Waited, waited, 24 hours later the "backup now's " haven't done anything and those that were scheduled to run last night (early hours of this morning) didn't do anything eithere.

All the wordpress installations are up-to-date (updated them yesterday before i set-up the backup)

Is there a known issue, am i just unlucky? lol Does it only work for one website?

Any help would be much appreciated.

many thanks

Paul

I can't exclude files/folder on the options page. I have seen that there is a reference to wp-backup-to-dropbox.js, but this file does not exist.
WP is running on a Windows Server 2008 R2 through IIS.

Another feature request: the option to remove deleted files from Dropbox. Dropbox keeps deleted files and versions for 30 days anyway.

I have only just installed this plugin (Wordpress backup to Dropbox), and after the first run my site has crashed, and the plugin history reports that the backup failed due to a 'Malformed response'.

Can anyone suggest what this might mean?

Thanks,
Warren

WordPress allows us to move the wp-content directory in the wp-config.php file by defining constants for WP_CONTENT_DIR and WP_CONTENT_URL. My custom location isn't being backed-up and I haven't had the time to dig in and see where the breakdown is.

If you need help nailing this one down I'm happy to help. If I get the time I'll submit a pull request with a fix, but just wanted to see if I could get this on your radar.

I have several WordPress site on my server and have your the plugin installed on each site. It works perfectly for all but one. It hangs up at the beginning of the backup and says "Creating SQL Backup"

I have tried deleting and reinstalling the plugin and have had no luck getting it to work. Any thoughts or anything I can try to get it to work?

Thanks.

It does´t mater if i try a scheduled Backup or press the "Backup" now button.

Backup just don´t do anything

Scheduling artikels is no problem, so the WP Cron job is working fine (I use an external cron job).

if i use the "start backup now" option. The program tells me that there is no backup process an i can start one.
So i start an new process. If i refresh the page, it tells me t"Your backup has been scheduled and is waiting for WordPress to start it. This could take a few minutes, so now is a good time to go and grab a cup of coffee."
But after wp-cron was started the page tells me "No backup in process." But there is no entry in the backup history

What do do?

I am using
WP 3.3.1
PHP 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.5

Hello,

I was trying this plugin for the first time, and installed and activated it. However, I failed to locate a "Settings" link so that I might authorize it with Dropbox, and no similar message popped up. This is what my plugins page looks like as of currently:
http://puu.sh/jLGN

How do I fix this?

When I go to the plug in section for WP Backup to Drop Box to look at my settings, I'm seeing this error above and below settings.

Warning: krsort() expects parameter 1 to be array, string given in /home/webpages/public_html/ghra.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/class-wp-backup.php on line 398

Warning: array_shift() [function.array-shift]: The argument should be an array in /home/webpages/public_html/ghra.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/class-wp-backup.php on line 528

Please advise

Thank you in advance

Paul

Warning: file_exists() [function.file-exists]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/users/orlens/www/..) is not within the allowed path(s): (/users/orlens/temp:/users/orlens/www) in /users/orlens/www/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/wp-backup-to-dropbox-file-tree.php on line 37

I have the latest Version 0.9.2. Is this still a Plugin-Error or did i something wrong?

Understandably, the PHP function set_time_limit() is not allowed on some shared hosts, see example from my log:

[07-Feb-2012 21:14:16 UTC] PHP Warning:  set_time_limit(): Cannot set time limit due to system policy in /customers/XXXXX/httpd.www/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/class-wp-backup.php on line 533

Which seems like it causes the backup script to die silently after max_execution_time is passed. I'm not sure how to solve this in a satisfactory way.

I have the latest version of the plugin 0.9.1 working on 2 WP installs. On another install, when I try to backup now, nothing gets backed up and it keeps saying "The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup."

In my error logs I get this error, "File does not exist: /wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/wp-backup-to-dropbox.js, referer: http://mydomain.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=backup-to-dropbox". This file is not in the current version of the plugin, but it may have been in previous versions? I did install and then remove this plugin before on this install, back when it would zip everything up. Is there something in the database that would be referencing this file?

After updating to 0.93 from 0.92, I clicked "stop backup" to kill the scheduled backup, then "backup now". The backup does not start.

Done a backup to test - works fine. Now scheduled a backup and it doesn't appear to overwrite the files in Dropbox. They're still dated as the first backup

I have successfully connected the WP Backup to Dropbox plugin, and it is backing up my site to my Dropbox account. The only problem is that it only backs up for about 1 minute, then stops for five, returns an error that the backup process has stopped, and then takes another minute to restart. Here's the error I keep getting:

...
Backup error on 2011-11-08 at 11:41:15: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2011-11-08 at 11:35:13
Backup error on 2011-11-08 at 11:34:12: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2011-11-08 at 11:28:12
Backup error on 2011-11-08 at 11:27:14: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
Backup started on 2011-11-08 at 11:21:11
Backup error on 2011-11-08 at 11:20:12: The backup process appears to have gone away. Resuming backup.
...

Every 7 minutes. Any ideas?

I am using this plugin with my WordPress blog running on a LEMP stack with Linode. I have the settings to start a daily backup at 2am. From the logs, each time the plugin starts to backup, it takes between 4 Mb/s to 16 Mb/s averaging about 5Mb/s for 19 hours straight until I disabled the plugin. iftop shows that I get about 3-5 of the following hosts all using roughly the same bandwidth mentioned above.

ec2-107-20-183-125.compute-1.amazonaws.com

When I disable the plugin, the outgoing bandwidth stops which I confirm at both Linode and with iftop.

What is odd is that my entire website is already backuped in Dropbox so I do not understand why so much bandwidth is being taken.

I have a screenshot of the graphs from Linode if needed.

Kevin

My install seems (recently) to not be respecting the 'backup to' option or even the default folder as suggested in the settings. The contents of the site are being dumped directly into the root of my Dropbox.